La Voix Du Nord
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La Voix Du Nord is a double disc album by Malena Ernman
, who represented Sweden
in Eurovision Song Contest 2009
. The first CD contains 11 pop songs including "La voix
", which was Ernman's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest
, and the second CD contains 11 aria
s. The album was released on July 1, 2009 in Sweden. It debuted at #1 on the official album chart
and was certified Gold in its first week and eventually was certified Platinum in September 2009.
Malena Ernman
Sara Magdalena "Malena" Ernman is a Swedish opera singer . Ernman is a versatile artist in her field, who outside the world of opera and operettas also has performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, appeared in musicals and she is a performer who's declared that she's very much attracted to the attributes...
, who represented Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
in Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....
. The first CD contains 11 pop songs including "La voix
La voix
La voix is a song by Swedish singer Malena Ernman and was the Swedish entry at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Moscow, Russia. It was composed by Fredrik Kempe, with lyrics by both Kempe and Ernman...
", which was Ernman's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
, and the second CD contains 11 aria
Aria
An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment...
s. The album was released on July 1, 2009 in Sweden. It debuted at #1 on the official album chart
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....
and was certified Gold in its first week and eventually was certified Platinum in September 2009.
Disc One
- "One Step From Paradise" – F. Kempe/A. Hansson/S. Vaughn
- "La voixLa voixLa voix is a song by Swedish singer Malena Ernman and was the Swedish entry at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Moscow, Russia. It was composed by Fredrik Kempe, with lyrics by both Kempe and Ernman...
" – F. Kempe/A. Hansson/S. Vaughn - "Min Plats På Jorden" – F. Kempe/A. Hansson/P. Bäckman
- "Sempre libera" – F. Kempe/A. Hansson
- "What Becomes Of Love" – F. Kempe/A. Hansson/S. Vaughn
- "Un bel dì" – F. Kempe/G. Puccini
- "Breathless Days" – F. Kempe/A. Hansson/S. Vaughn
- "Perdus" – F. Kempe/A. Hansson/C. Måhlén
- "Tragedy" – F. Kempe/A. Hansson/A. Bard
- "All The Lost Tomorrows" – F. Kempe/A. Hansson/S. Vaughn
- "La voix (acoustic)" – F. Kempe/M. Ernman
Disc Two
- "Quando me'n vo" – Giacomo PucciniGiacomo PucciniGiacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...
- "Voi che sapete" – Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
- "Solveig's SongSolveig's SongSolveig's Song , is sung by Solveig in the fourth act of Edvard Grieg's original Peer Gynt Op. 23, and for Suite No. 2, Op. 55, which was written as incidental music for inclusion in Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt....
" – Edvard GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in... - "O mio babbino caroO mio babbino caro"O mio babbino caro" is a soprano aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi , by Giacomo Puccini, to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between her father Schicchi and the family of Rinuccio, the boy she loves, have reached a breaking point that threatens to...
" – Giacomo Puccini - "Vedrai carino" – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- "Una voce poco fa" – Gioachino Rossini
- "Lascia ch'io pianga" – George Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
- "Caro mio ben" – Giuseppe GiordaniGiuseppe GiordaniGiuseppe Giordani was an Italian composer, mainly of opera.He was born in Naples, where he studied music with Domenico Cimarosa and Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli. In 1774 he was appointed as music director of the chapel of the Duomo of Naples. His first opera was released in 1779...
- "Non più mesta" – Gioachino Rossini
- "Ombra mai fuOmbra mai fu"Ombra mai fu" is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by George Frideric Handel.-Context:The opera was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere. In the 19th century, however, the aria was rediscovered and became one of Handel's best-known pieces...
" – George Frideric Handel - "Dido's LamentDido's lament"Dido's Lament" is the commonly-used name for the noted aria, "When I am laid in earth", from the opera, Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell ....
" – Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...